Bad mouthing the industry to newbies

I don't bad mouth the industry. I tell it like it is so newbies don't go into orientation thinking they're going to have the world handed to them on a silver platter. Sadly, recruiters will try to sell this illusion.

 

yeah i know what you mean, it's not easy driving one of these monsters, and when i went through my training and first got on the road, i was over whelmed, and intimidated. You have a 40 ton piece of machinery that doesn't stop on a dime and when you get in an accident with a 4 wheeler, potential of you killing a family is greater since your vehicle is 10 times bigger. I had a whole new respect for anyone driving these things, and in the short time i have been on this site, seen a lot of support for people.

One thing i have noticed over the years from when my grandfather was a trucker to now a days, the quality of drivers is beyond retarded. When i went through the school, i couldn't believe the people they were letting drive these trucks, and even my job working as a supervisor at a distribution warehouse, i see these drivers coming to my warehouse from all sorts of outfits, i shake my head everyday at who are driving these things. 20 years ago, was those rough, tough old dogs who were those truckers, now you have people from every walk of life and country, when long ago was basically made of a certain breed of guys. I think a lot of the older guys are just disappointed and applauded at what the industry has become, all for the sake of money in the CEO's pockets, even at the expense at safety and tradition. I think thats where you see some of those guys with the attitude, frustration is one of the motivators i bet...but like i said, you can't let what people say on a screen get under your skin, for every one half wit w/attitude, i have seen 5 people who are helpful and willing to give their advice.

 

It is appropiate. Otherwise these students become a statistic. But, I'm not biased either, so I'm not going to say "avoid this company because of this".

 

Lil bit overly biased there about who is at fault for a driver crashing aren't you smooth? I'd love to see that in court "if they had told me the good news of trucking on that forum I never would killed those people". Alot of these newbies (myself included at one time) don't take the time to do the homework themselves, they want immediate answers given to them, meanwhile if they had looked around a bit more on the boards they would have found all they wanted to know and more.

 

If a driver kills a carload of people, and/or backs into my hood, it sure as hell isn't because he didn't get certain answers on a forum. C'mon.